HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-04-10 Town Forest Committee Minutes ss
.Irving Dickey will check on the plagne ,which was authorized
at our meeting on December 20, 1973, to be given to
James S. Perry .
The meeting was adjourned at 9 :45 A.M.
March 22 , .1976
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Reading:
We submit our report for the year 1975, and through
the current date .
The Forest has been used by individual and family
groups for hiking and nature study.
St .Agnes Parish held a "Folk Mass" and a family picnic
on a Sunday afternoon for about one hundred parishoners.
A group of about thirjry young people from the same parish
took a bicycle trip through the Forest .
Boy Scouts continued to camp and hike in the Forest
throughout the year, and carry out their Good Turns by
doing various conservation projects.
Our Committee has cooperated with the Selectmen 's
Planning Staff, by giving them information about the
various parcels of land which make up the Forest .
Vandalism, which has been a great problem in recent
years has been reduces now that the entrance to the
Pumping Station Area has been protected by a chain
link fence.
Respectfully submitted ,
George B. Perry, Chairman
Irving E. Dickey, Vice Chairman
Benjamin E. Nichols ,Seoretary
April 10, 1976 10;00 AM
Town Building Parking Lot
A formal posted meeting was held .
Members present : George B. Perry, Chairman
Benjamin E. Nichols , Secretary
Visitors present : Wayne Habel
Frederic Neumann
Robert Shannon
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The secretary 's report for the meeting held on
November 29 , 1975 was read and accepted.
It was voted to confirm the acts of the Town Forest
Committee regarding the possible acquisition of land of
Cheater A. Ellison, which is adjacent to the present
Town Forest . This land is shown on Assessors ' Plat 221,
Lots 4, 5 and 6. There is an article in the Warrant
for the next Annual Town Meeting to vote on the acquisition
of this land. Chester A. Ellison has given the Committee
a signed sales agreement at a price of $1,000.00 per acre
for approximately 8.8 acres. The Committee is committed
for the following expenses :
1. Opinion of Value by William Dolben & Some
0125 .00
2, maps for filing and bearings for the Town
Meeting Motion.
Cost not known at present .
3. Legal and filing fees.
Cost not known at present .
The saplings voted in the last meeting have been ordered ,
but the actual order now covers 250 Norway Red Pine and
250 Spanish Scotch Pine, as the supplier does not have
any Hemlock available .
The printing of the 1000 maps of the Town Forest voted at
the last meeting has been delayed until the Committee
learns if the land of Chester A. Ellison will be added
to the Town Forest by vote of Town Meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:07 A.M.
May 10, 1976
At the adjourned Annual Town Meeting on May 10, 1976
under Article. 42, the town meeting members voted 139 to 17
to purchase 8.827 acres of land from Chester A. Ellison to
be added to the TownForest . Article 42 called for the sum
of 49,000.00 to be transferred from the "Sale of Real Estate"
account . Thus, this amount diff not come from the current
' tax structure . This land appears on Assessors' Plat 221 ,
Lots 4, 5 and 6. Chester A.Ellison had given the Town
Forest Committee a signed sales agreement , but for legal
reaeons the land was taken by eminent domain. The Town
Meeting was finally adjourned on May 2S, 1976 and the
Selectmen signed the Order of Taking on June 7 , 1976,
which is within the legal time for signing. The Order of
Taking was filed at the Southern Middlesex Registry of Deeds
on June 11, 1976, and appears in Book 12992 Page 451.
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